Year: 2025
This is a rock formation visible from the Shasta Valley as well as from Highway 97. This view is from a turn out on Harry Cash Road in Big Springs, California. I painted this around 8 am over the course of four days, working about 2 hours each time. Legend has it that early settlers of the valley would lower their wagons and livestock down through the "V" in the rocks with ropes and a pulley system. This would save them days of travel time by avoiding traveling further southwest through treacherous lava rock outcrops and canyons. I tried to get the bright contrast of the morning light shining straight down on the landscape. This is looking east, so the sun had just come over the rocks and is directly above me creating a glare that was very difficult to work with. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"
Width: 51 cm
Height: 41 cm
This artwork is currently in United States
It will be shipped by the artist
Year: 2025
This is a rock formation visible from the Shasta Valley as well as from Highway 97. This view is from a turn out on Harry Cash Road in Big Springs, California. I painted this around 8 am over the course of four days, working about 2 hours each time. Legend has it that early settlers of the valley would lower their wagons and livestock down through the "V" in the rocks with ropes and a pulley system. This would save them days of travel time by avoiding traveling further southwest through treacherous lava rock outcrops and canyons. I tried to get the bright contrast of the morning light shining straight down on the landscape. This is looking east, so the sun had just come over the rocks and is directly above me creating a glare that was very difficult to work with. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"
Width: 51 cm
Height: 41 cm
This artwork is currently in United States
It will be shipped by the artist